Saturday, July 27, 2019 ~ COWICHAN / LANGFORD
by Mary Brooke ~ West Shore Voice News
In reviewing some of the issues that Alistair MacGregor, MP (Cowichan-Malahat-Langford) has been addressing in the last three-and-a-half years in the House of Commons, he points out that the need for amendment of how Canada Pension Plan (CPP) funds are invested.
“Funds have been invested with entities that have questionable human rights and environmental actions,” he said in an interview with West Shore Voice News last week.
Investing in American private prisons and mining companies that have gross human rights violations or that dump tailings into local watersheds are some areas about which he has concerns. “We need to look at how we want companies we invest in to behave.”
MacGregor hopes to reintroduce a bill on the CPP investment matter in the 43rd Parliament — which of course requires being re-elected this fall. He is looking forward to the upcoming federal campaign, meeting people on the doorstep and listening to their concerns.
The MP whose riding is geographically vast — from Duncan/Cowichan through Langford and also Juan de Fuca past Jordan River out to Port Renfrew — hopes constituency residents will come to meet new citizens at a New Citizen Celebration on Sunday August 11 in Duncan (at Bright Angel Park on Tigwell Rd, 2 to 4 pm).
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First version of this article was published on page 2 in the July 26, 2019 Weekend Edition of West Shore Voice News.